Author: Charles Stuart ParkerPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Life and Letters of Sir James Graham, Second Baronet of Netherby 1792-1861
Author: Charles Stuart ParkerLife and Letters of Sir James Graham
Author: Charles Stuart ParkerPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR JAMES GRAHAM, SECOND BARONET OF NETHERBY, P. C., G. C. B., 1792-1861... ,.
Author: CHARLES STUART. PARKERPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033986042
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Life and Letters of Sir James Graham
Author: Charles Stuart ParkerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Life and Letters of Sir James Graham
Author: Charles Stuart ParkerPublisher: London : J. Murray
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Life and Letters of Sir James Graham
Author: Charles Stuart ParkerPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289432225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Life and Letters of Sir James Graham, Second Baronet of Netherby, P.C., G.C.B.
Author: Imperial Twilight
Author: Stephen R. PlattPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0345803027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War. As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, award-winning historian Stephen Platt sheds new light on the early attempts by Western traders and missionaries to “open” China even as China’s imperial rulers were struggling to manage their country’s decline and Confucian scholars grappled with how to use foreign trade to China’s advantage. The book paints an enduring portrait of an immensely profitable—and mostly peaceful—meeting of civilizations that was destined to be shattered by one of the most shockingly unjust wars in the annals of imperial history. Brimming with a fascinating cast of British, Chinese, and American characters, this riveting narrative of relations between China and the West has important implications for today’s uncertain and ever-changing political climate.
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Author: Club Government
Author: Seth Alexander ThevozPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786723727
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized. Despite `Club Government' being referenced in most major political histories of the period, it is a topic which has never before enjoyed a full-length study. Making use of previously-sealed club archives, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques, this work of political history, social history, sociology and quantitative approaches to history seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel ways in which British political culture evolved in this period. The book concludes that historians have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on `high politics' in Westminster, and though the reputation of clubs for intervening in elections was exaggerated, the culture and secrecy involved in gentleman's clubs had a huge impact on Britain and the British Empire.